1. Women, Peace and Security
Gender Considerations
Women, Peace and Security
Concept of Implementation: Integrate Gender Considerations and support organizations into operations, including strategic communications, non-kinetic targeting, rules of engagement, targeting directives, and human terrain analysis. Align activities which address the disproportional impact of conflict on women and children and exclusions of women from peace processes.
PH 0
PH II
PH III
PH IV
PH V
PH I
Joint Phases of Operations
- Gender Intelligence Reports; build situational awareness and understanding of gender roles and issues
- Identify/integrate key women and women’s groups into information collection
- Establish dialogue; leverage UN/NGO efforts and expertise in theater
Perspective
- Coordinate with NGOs to ensure IDP camps address unique needs of women & girls
- Health and sanitation requirements
- Set security conditions for NGO/IGO return
- Leverage capabilities, resources, & expertise to do what
- Facilitate Humanitarian Assistance Operations
- Identify and process individuals targeting vulnerable populations
Identify vulnerable communities
- Identify Hazards
- Develop strategies
- Worst case scenario planning
Prevention
- Separate gender and children latrines, showers and kitchens
- Organize IDP camps (?) by security and cultural requirements
- Appoint Gender Coordinators
- Establish Female engagement and population protection units/patrols
- Non-biased Police in population centers
- Internal security of IDP camps
- Screen, assess, monitor, and evaluate (what)
- Female holding cells or separate detention facilities for women and children
Protection
- Leadership engagement plan with female communities and political leaders; continue public messaging and IO
- Female contractors, commercial activities, markets
- Public Messaging and Information Operations
- Identify female political stakeholder / leaders
Participation
Internal COCOM Capabilities
- Preparatory Individual and Collective Training, SOP for dealing with sexual based violence
- Trained personnel to respond to gender based violence and presence of children soldiers
- Appoint Gender Advisors and female military personnel – interpreters, medics, check point searcher
- Establish Female Engagement Teams, Female Population Protection Teams, and Mixed Engagement Teams (are these outlined in the OPORD or manual)